KUWAIT

2012 Ranking: 54th Largest Export Market for U.S. Goods (2011: 57th)
The United States and Kuwait signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement in 2004. In 2012, U.S. exports to Kuwait fell slightly by 1.6 percent to $2.68 billion, while U.S. imports from Kuwait grew by 66.75 percent from the previous year to $13.02 billion. Oil & Gas constituted the largest Kuwaiti export sector, at $12.64 billion, with Chemicals (at $218.11 million) and Petroleum & Coal Products (at $91.19 million) rounding out the top three sectors.

TOP 10 STATES EXPORTING TO KUWAIT

State Total Exports to Kuwait
Percent of States Exports to the Arab World
MICHIGAN INDIANA CALIFORNIA TENNESSEE GEORGIA TEXAS FLORIDA NEW YORK MASSACHUSETTS MARYLAND

U.S. Total Texas Michigan California Maryland Tennessee Florida New York Massachusetts Georgia Indiana

$2,682,888,094 $501,069,353 $239,459,599 $235,890,325 $228,778,329 $142,479,204 $112,939,407 $79,806,646 $79,575,906 $71,996,390 $70,107,403

4.74% 6.99% 4.48% 11.03% 10.66% 3.81% 2.32% 14.53% 3.01% 7.24%

TOP 10 IMPORT SECTORS FROM THE U.S.

Transportation Equipment Machinery, Except Electrical Computer & Electronic Products Chemicals Fabricated Metal Products Food & Kindred Products Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components Primary Metal Manufacturing Special Classification Provisions Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities $1,242,324,344 $274,331,635 $184,507,781 $177,132,178 $174,075,842 $165,735,029 $84,241,051 $80,867,939 $67,570,280 $55,424,499

Comparison of Top Eight Countries Exporting to Kuwait (2011)

UAE Germany 4.3% 5.0% Japan 6.2% India 6.4% US 12.4% China 9.7% South Korea 6.5% Saudi Arabia 8.4%

This chart identifies the market share of only the top eight countries exporting to Kuwait, so the percentages do not equal 100%. For additional information, please visit www.nusacc.org.

The data in this publication are drawn from the U.S. Bureau of the Census using the latest U.S. export information. Export numbers may understate total U.S. exports because county-specific information for some products (e.g., mining, forestry, fishing, and waste and scrap) is not available.

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